Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 12:30:24 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> To: hugle <hugle@vkt.lt> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: routing for 1000 users and 10Mbit internet. Message-ID: <20040531121948.T84772-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> In-Reply-To: <1025899241.20040531165223@vkt.lt>
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On Mon, 31 May 2004, hugle wrote: > The question in what machine do i need? > What CPU and how much of ram ? I set up a firewall for more than 300 users, a DMZ with a public webserver, webmail and MX on a PII-350MHz with 128 MB RAM. On another client, I set up a firewall for 50 users with a Pentium 90MHz with 64MB RAM. > dual or single processor ? One. Don't waste you money. A firewall isn't very CPU intensive. And given the fact that ipf works at the IP stack level, I don't think you can have more than one thread active at a time messing with the IP data structures. Fer
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